About Us

What We Believe

First, we believe in cultivating love, growth, and curiosity within ourselves to create positive change within our communities and the world.

Second, we believe in studying what we can and cannot control to discover peace and joy in our lives. It provides a freedom to release the false control we feel we have in our community and environment and allows us to love others more fully.

Third, we believe in listening to others’ stories and perspectives with love and curiosity. We all come from different backgrounds and therefore will have different experiences to share. We all win when we can harness these strengths within ourselves and our neighbors by valuing each other.

All women are welcome here and valued for their worth. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Mission

Our mission is to empower women to be the change they wish to see in the world by embracing their potential, rising up and living with joyful intention, together in sisterhood.

Vision

We envision a sisterhood of a million women throughout the world linking arms with a common bond and generating positive change in themselves, their loved ones, their communities and beyond for generations to come by rising up to their potential with our premier tools to increase hope, joy, empathy, confidence.

By 2026, we will:

Create the #1 sisterhood for empowerment with a community of more than 10,000 women who are committing to make the world a more loving place.
Donate 20%, more than $100,000, to local charities that support women.
Staff more than 100 women who provide support for themselves and their families through reaching for their own potential, growing in compassion and knowledge and leading the change.

Values

Golden
1. The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Hope
1. Hope creates possibilities. Possibilities bring joy. Joy embraces love. Love invites change. Be the change; it starts with hope.
Curiosity
1. Always seek to learn something new with curiosity and without judgement.
Worth
1. Every person has worth and value. Stop. Listen. Love.
Gifts
1. Give with gratitude and receive with humility.
Grace
1. Grace creates space for compassion and growth. Make room for grace, for yourself and beyond.
Free
1. We can only control ourselves. Free ourselves and our neighbors from the burden of belief that we are responsible for others’ feelings and actions.

Behind the Neighborhood

Denise Arnoudse

Founder and CEO

Denise is passionate about empowering women and finding the good and hope in all. She has a wonderful husband, 3 beautiful, chaotic boys, and a precious daughter in heaven. Denise is honored and humbled by the women who are supporting this vision.